Full fashioned clocked hosiery and method of production



Patented May 24, 1932 T oFFlcE FREDERICK E. STRUITE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PWNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO APEX HOSIEBY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, :PENNSYLVANIA FULL FASHIONED CLOCXED HOSIERY AND METHOD 0F PRODUCTION Application led October 86', 1831. Serial No. 571,104.

This invention relates to a full fashioned clocked design of hosiery and has for its primary object the rovisionfof a shadow design of clock bor er by an open work de- I-leretofore in the manufacture and sale of hosiery, clock lace features have been utilized and further embroidered clocks have been utilized but I am of the opinion that 10 I am the first to incorporate in a clock design,

figurative panels of reinforcing material surrounded by an o en work design, the marginal lportion of t e figurative panels having an overlappin relation with the stocking 15 webl to provi e thicker material at these points to produce a shadow effect.

As is well known in the trade, clock lace types of stockings are not very durableand have limited wear and furthermore em-l ae broidered yarn upon stocking webs considerably weakens the same. To overcome these defects, others in the field have resorted to the knitting of a reinforcing threadinto the stocking web in a manner to produce a as figurative design which lacks that degree of ornamentation demanded by the present day type of trade.

ihe principal object of my invention is to overcome the above objections by roviding a full fashioned silk stocking wit a clock 4designthat will. combine the separate advanv tages of open work lace design and reinforced yarn clock design and further will include novel ornamental effects not charg ,1 portion of the elock.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrati ing the action of the yarn carriers.

The leg web 1 of the stocking is knitted in the usual manner utilizing a line silk thread until a point in the formation of the stocking is reached where the clock design is to be produced.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be noted that Y the clock design consists broadly of an open work design 2 and figurative panels 3. In the production of the open work design 2 single loops are transferred to adjacent needles in a manner well known in the trade. It will l be noted that the aligned arrangement of the openings of the open work design 2 is such as to provide a border or boundary for the panels 3 which materially enhances thev aesthetic value of the panels 3 and besides the ornamental 'eect of the open work design 2 in conjunction with the design of the panels 3 produces a composite effect not characteristic of clock desi ns heretofore produced.

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In the construction of the figurative anels l 3, I utilize a heavy reinforcing yarn or t read which is knitted in, simultaneous with the loops of the stocking web. To accomplish this desired result the yarn carrier carrying the stocking web thread is selectivel con trolled in its travel in a manner well own in the trade and simultaneous `with this acselectively controlled in its so t at the heavier yarn will be interlocked with the.

light yarn of the stocking web to produce the panels 3. "io enhance the mantyof the clock and to more prominently bring out the outline of the panels 3, I manipulate the yarn carriers to travel in overlapping relation thereby providing a border formation 4 for the panels 3 illustrated as blocks 5i1 Referring specifically to the diagrammatic view Figure 4C, it will be noted that the light thread 6 of the stocking web in certain positions travels full across the path of travel ofthe heavier yarn designated by the numeral 3' to locate certain blocks 5 in osition to separate "the gurative panels 3. n other positions, the stocking web thread 6 has a limited distance of travel so' as to only slight- Aly overlap with relation to the travel of the Aso tion the yarn carrier for the heavier arn is heavier yarn to produce what is known in the trade as a s lit lock.

By utilizing the split lock formation as shown, I produce a shadow effect around the border line of the panels 3 which produces a beautiful effect when the stocking is dyed.

I am aware of the fact that open work designs have been used before, clocks of reinforcing materials have been utilized and a split lock construction utilized in the con,- struction of a stocking, but I am of the opinion thatI am the first to arrange an open Work design, a clock of reinforced material and a split lock formation in the relative arrangement illustrated so as to provide a comp posite effect not characteristic of clock design heretofore produced.

If desirable in practice the figurative panels 3'may be also provided with an open workv design as illustrated at 8.

Due to the cooperative arrangement of the panels of reinforcing material, the reinforcing blocks of material and the o enings, I am lable to considerably reinforce t e open work "l vstoc design so as to prevent the weakening of the ing. As the open work design has a definite outlined relation with the outline of the figurative panels and the border forma- 7 tion has a definite relation with the marginal edge of the panels 3 and' also with the open j Qwork design, it will be appreciated that I produce a harmonious arrangement that l"greatly adds to the aesthetic value of the 35 jsltocking as a whole and therefore I do not deyner whatsoever except as set forth in the fol- "lowing claims. c

sire to be limited in protection in any man- 1 What I claim is: 1. As a new article of manufacture a full fashioned clocked stocking, the clock consistf ling of a plurality of figurative panels formed from a knitted reinforcing thread that hasv a split lock connection with the thread of the stocking web to form border formations for the panels, the stocking web being provided with a plurality of openings arranged in an ornamental relation and surrounding the said figurative panels as a group.

2. As a new article of manufacture a stocking having the leg portion of silk chiffon provided with an open work figure, a clock arranged within the open work figure and consisting of a plurality of figurative panels formed from reinforcing threads that have a split lock connection with the thread forming the chiffon leg portion, said split lock connection forming blocks of reinforcement providing a border for said figurative panels.

3. The herein described method of manui `facturing full fashioned clocked hosiery which consists in forming directly in the stocking web a plurality of design openings knittingin the stocking web figurative pan: els of reinforclng material bounded by said des1gn openings and arranging the loops of stocking we a figurative panel of a reinforcing vthread lbound by said open work design and overlapping the .reinforcing thread with the thread of the stocking web to provide for the figurative panels a border of an increased thickness.

In testimon whereof I have signed this specification t is 17th da of October, 1931.

FREDERIC E. STRUVE... 

